The SAP S/4HANA Skills Crunch – How Bad Could It Get?
Our colleagues in Japan recently forwarded a series of SAP user group newsletter articles where the title of the series translates roughly into, “The Depression of SAP Users.” Why are they depressed? Likely, because they are being told they must hurry up and implement SAP S/4HANA before the deadline, when SAP says it plans to […]
Rimini Street Survey Confirms Oracle Customers Want More Savings, Best-In-Class Cloud Options
When Rimini Street surveyed Oracle customers recently and asked their top priorities, they put cost optimization at the top of the list. Yet a recent Gartner survey of CIOs 1 identified enabling growth as their top priority. What accounts for the difference? I encourage you to read the full survey report, Why Enterprises Are Rethinking […]
Video: How to Migrate Older ERPs to Newer Versions of Microsoft SQL Server Database
Companies are always in a state of change, particularly with their technology infrastructure. However, not all pieces of the technology stack move at the same pace. There may be legitimate reasons to upgrade infrastructure for better security or access to new features. At the same time, you may want to hold onto current applications, such […]
Creating Capacity for IT Innovation and Business Success
Do you know people who are so much more productive than the rest of us that you would swear they have found more hours in the day? Companies are the same: some do much more with what they have, regardless of limitations of time, technology and budget. What are the limits on your capacity for […]
Video: How Does Functionality Mapping Analysis Answer the Question “Should We Upgrade Our ERP?”
Rimini Street’s Functionality Mapping tool was developed to enable clients to make data-driven decisions when it comes to value in an ERP upgrade. In a visual and quantitative way, we have evaluated changes that the major ERP Suites (SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft) have undergone over the past 10 years. Our Functionality Mapping approach breaks down […]
What Can Oracle And SAP Customers Be Doing Instead Of Upgrading?
Are you facing a decision to upgrade your ERP? When meeting with businesses across the globe, the most common question I receive is “Is there value in upgrading my ERP application?” And my answer is this: 20 years ago, upgrades were important because new features and functionality were being introduced all the time based on […]
How To Fix Desktop Java Version Glitches With Enterprise Applications
ERP systems and other enterprise applications sometimes break when the software was written to work with a specific release of Java that is not the one user desktops are configured to use by default. What are you supposed to do when that happens? Make users revert to a version of Java that may be obsolete […]
Is Cloud ERP a Viable Alternative to The ERPs We Support Today?
There’s incredible buzz around cloud ERP, in part due to the hard push from vendors to get customers to move to their cloud ERPs. However, for many of our clients who have taken the first steps on their cloud journey, the overwhelming response is that cloud ERP is not a viable alternative. If you are […]
Decoding SAP’s Cloud Strategy: Cloud-Washing
There’s a buzzword floating around for how some enterprise software vendors are hyping their cloud capabilities to customers, IT analysts and Wall Street. “Cloud washing” is when you reposition an existing software product as cloud software without transitioning it to native cloud architectures and business models. This practice often takes the form of rebranding older […]